1 Kings 12

1 and to go: went Rehoboam Shechem for Shechem to come (in): come all Israel to/for to reign [obj] him

And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all Israel has come to Shechem to make him king.

2 and to be like/as to hear: hear Jeroboam son: child Nebat and he/she/it still he in/on/with Egypt which to flee from face: because [the] king Solomon and to dwell Jeroboam in/on/with Egypt

And it comes to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat’s hearing (and he [is] yet in Egypt where he has fled from the presence of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam dwells in Egypt),

3 and to send: depart and to call: call to to/for him (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) Jeroboam and all assembly Israel and to speak: speak to(wards) Rehoboam to/for to say

that they send and call for him; and they come—Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel—and speak to Rehoboam, saying,

4 father your to harden [obj] yoke our and you(m. s.) now to lighten from service father your [the] severe and from yoke his [the] heavy which to give: put upon us and to serve you

“Your father hardened our yoke, and you, now, lighten [some] of the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we serve you.”

5 and to say to(wards) them to go: went still three day and to return: again to(wards) me and to go: went [the] people

And he says to them, “Yet go [for] three days, and come back to me”; and the people go.

6 and to advise [the] king Rehoboam with [the] old which to be to stand: stand with face: before Solomon father his in/on/with to be he alive to/for to say how? you(m. p.) to advise to/for to return: reply [obj] [the] people [the] this word

And King Rehoboam consults with the elderly who have been standing in the presence of his father Solomon, in his being alive, saying, “How are you counseling to answer this people?”

7 (and to speak: speak *Q(K)*) to(wards) him to/for to say if [the] day to be servant/slave to/for people [the] this and to serve them and to answer them and to speak: speak to(wards) them word pleasant and to be to/for you servant/slave all [the] day: always

And they speak to him, saying, “If, today, you are a servant of this people, and have served them, and answered them, and spoken good words to them, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days.”

8 and to leave: forsake [obj] counsel [the] old which to advise him and to advise with [the] youth which to magnify with him which [the] to stand: stand to/for face: before his

And he forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;

9 and to say to(wards) them what? you(m. p.) to advise and to return: reply word [obj] [the] people [the] this which to speak: speak to(wards) me to/for to say to lighten from [the] yoke which to give: put father your upon us

and he says to them, “What are you counseling, and we answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten [some] of the yoke that your father put on us?”

10 and to speak: speak to(wards) him [the] youth which to magnify with him to/for to say thus to say to/for people [the] this which to speak: speak to(wards) you to/for to say father your to honor: heavy [obj] yoke our and you(m. s.) to lighten from upon us thus to speak: speak to(wards) them little finger my to thicken from loin father my

And they speak to him—the boys who had grown up with him—saying, “Thus you say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you, make [it] light on us; thus you speak to them, My little [finger] is thicker than the loins of my father;

11 and now father my to lift upon you yoke heavy and I to add upon yoke your father my to discipline [obj] you in/on/with whip and I to discipline [obj] you in/on/with scorpion

and now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, and I discipline you with scorpions.”

12 (and to come (in): come *Q(k)*) Jeroboam and all [the] people to(wards) Rehoboam in/on/with day [the] third like/as as which to speak: speak [the] king to/for to say to return: again to(wards) me in/on/with day [the] third

And they come—Jeroboam and all the people—to Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

13 and to answer [the] king [obj] [the] people severe and to leave: forsake [obj] counsel [the] old which to advise him

And the king answers the people sharply, and forsakes the counsel of the elderly which they counseled him,

14 and to speak: speak to(wards) them like/as counsel [the] youth to/for to say father my to honor: heavy [obj] yoke your and I to add upon yoke your father my to discipline [obj] you in/on/with whip and I to discipline [obj] you in/on/with scorpion

and speaks to them, according to the counsel of the boys, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, and I discipline you with scorpions”;

15 and not to hear: hear [the] king to(wards) [the] people for to be turn from from with LORD because to arise: establish [obj] word his which to speak: speak LORD in/on/with hand: by Ahijah [the] Shilonite to(wards) Jeroboam son: child Nebat

and the king did not listen to the people, for the revolution was from YHWH, in order to establish His word that YHWH spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

16 and to see: see all Israel for not to hear: hear [the] king to(wards) them and to return: reply [the] people [obj] [the] king word to/for to say what? to/for us portion in/on/with David and not inheritance in/on/with son: child Jesse to/for tent your Israel now to see: see house: household your David and to go: went Israel to/for tent his

And all Israel sees that the king has not listened to them, and the people send the king back word, saying, “What portion do we have in David? Indeed, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; [return] to your tents, O Israel; now see your house, O David!” And Israel goes to its tents.

17 and son: descendant/people Israel [the] to dwell in/on/with city Judah and to reign upon them Rehoboam

As for the sons of Israel, those dwelling in the cities of Judah—Rehoboam reigns over them.

18 and to send: depart [the] king Rehoboam [obj] Adoram which upon [the] taskworker and to stone all Israel in/on/with him stone and to die and [the] king Rehoboam to strengthen to/for to ascend: copulate in/on/with chariot to/for to flee Jerusalem

And King Rehoboam sends Adoram who [is] over the tribute, and all Israel casts stones at him, and he dies; and King Rehoboam has strengthened himself to go up into a chariot to flee to Jerusalem;

19 and to transgress Israel in/on/with house: household David till [the] day: today [the] this

and Israel transgresses against the house of David to this day.

20 and to be like/as to hear: hear all Israel for to return: return Jeroboam and to send: depart and to call: call to [obj] him to(wards) [the] congregation and to reign [obj] him upon all Israel not to be after house: household David exception tribe Judah to/for alone him

And it comes to pass, at all Israel hearing that Jeroboam has returned, that they send and call him to the congregation, and cause him to reign over all Israel; none has been after the house of David except the tribe of Judah alone.

21 (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) Rehoboam Jerusalem and to gather [obj] all house: household Judah and [obj] tribe Benjamin hundred and eighty thousand to choose to make: [do] battle to/for to fight with house: household Israel to/for to return: rescue [obj] [the] kingship to/for Rehoboam son: child Solomon

And Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

22 and to be word [the] God to(wards) Shemaiah man [the] God to/for to say

And the word of God is to Shemaiah a man of God, saying,

23 to say to(wards) Rehoboam son: child Solomon king Judah and to(wards) all house: household Judah and Benjamin and remainder [the] people to/for to say

“Speak to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,

24 thus to say LORD not to ascend: rise and not to fight [emph?] with brother: male-relative your son: descendant/people Israel to return: return man: anyone to/for house: home his for from with me to be [the] word: thing [the] this and to hear: hear [obj] word LORD and to return: again to/for to go: went like/as word LORD

Thus said YHWH: You do not go up nor fight with your brothers the sons of Israel; let each return to his house, for this thing has been from Me”; and they hear the word of YHWH, and turn back to go according to the word of YHWH.

25 and to build Jeroboam [obj] Shechem in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to dwell in/on/with her and to come out: come from there and to build [obj] Peniel

And Jeroboam builds Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwells in it, and goes out there, and builds Penuel;

26 and to say Jeroboam in/on/with heart his now to return: return [the] kingdom to/for house: household David

and Jeroboam says in his heart, “Now the kingdom turns back to the house of David—

27 if to ascend: rise [the] people [the] this to/for to make: offer sacrifice in/on/with house: temple LORD in/on/with Jerusalem and to return: again heart [the] people [the] this to(wards) lord their to(wards) Rehoboam king Judah and to kill me and to return: return to(wards) Rehoboam king Judah

if this people goes up to make sacrifices in the house of YHWH in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people has turned back to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they have slain me, and turned back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

28 and to advise [the] king and to make two calf gold and to say to(wards) them many to/for you from to ascend: rise Jerusalem behold God your Israel which to ascend: establish you from land: country/planet Egypt

And the king takes counsel, and makes two calves of gold, and says to them, “Enough of you from going up to Jerusalem; behold, your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

29 and to set: make [obj] [the] one in/on/with Bethel Bethel and [obj] [the] one to give: put in/on/with Dan

And he sets the one in Beth-El, and the other he has put in Dan,

30 and to be [the] word: thing [the] this to/for sin and to go: went [the] people to/for face: before [the] one till Dan

and this thing becomes a sin, and the people go before the one—to Dan.

31 and to make [obj] house: home high place and to make: do priest from end [the] people which not to be from son: descendant/people Levi

And he makes the house of high places, and makes priests from the extremities of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi;

32 and to make Jeroboam feast in/on/with month [the] eighth in/on/with five ten day to/for month like/as feast which in/on/with Judah and to ascend: offer up upon [the] altar so to make: do in/on/with Bethel Bethel to/for to sacrifice to/for calf which to make and to stand: put in/on/with Bethel Bethel [obj] priest [the] high place which to make

and Jeroboam makes a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the festival that [is] in Judah, and he offers on the altar—so he did in Beth-El—to sacrifice to the calves which he made, and he has appointed in Beth-El the priests of the high places that he made.

33 and to ascend: rise upon [the] altar which to make in/on/with Bethel Bethel in/on/with five ten day in/on/with month [the] eighth in/on/with month which to devise (from heart his *Q(K)*) and to make: do feast to/for son: descendant/people Israel and to ascend: rise upon [the] altar to/for to offer: offer

And he offers up on the altar that he made in Beth-El, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised from his own heart, and he makes a festival for the sons of Israel, and offers on the altar—to make incense.